Orlando Day 1

My Aunt was attending an IRS convention in Orlando so I tagged along, as you will see the days were rough! :) I spent my mornings (afternoons) by the pool and the evenings were at random theme parks The first day we went to Universal Studios...

Like I said my days were rough...

The cliche picture in front of the Universal Globe
The entrance...
Orlando is know for it's awesome afternoon rainfalls. After we got off of Shrek 4D we came outside and it was pouring! My Aunt and I ran across the street and got completely drenched in the process. My Aunt is such a good sport!
The new Simpsons ride had just opened and of course the Kwik-E-Mart!
Krustyland!
Hollywood? I thought I was in Orlando???

NYC Waterfalls (Part 2)

Since I was so close to the city I had an itch to GO TO the city :) My Aunt had mentioned that an artist had built some waterfalls on the rivers around NYC and you can take a ferry ride to go see them. We were having dinner with my Buddy Dave and his mother so we asked them if they wanted to come along and they did. After dinner in Jersey City at the Merchant, which is part of Restaurant Week, we took the subway into the city and were on the hunt for the cash cab. We did not get the cash cab unfortunately. But we did have a great time around the city.

My Aunt and I riding on the Subway, how tourist of me :)

Ther Merchant had a waterfall behind the bar! I think this is a good sign since we were going on a waterfall tour!

There were Tango lessons on the Pier where our boat was departing, no one would Tango with me...

This is Gary the captian of the Circle Line boat that showed us the waterfalls

My Buddy Dave and fantastic photographer as he take the pictures you see of me :)

Me and a Waterfall (there are 4 in all not including the one at the Merchant :) )

New York City Part One

This is the view from my Aunt's office. I made her take me to a bookstore to get the new Breaking Dawn book and the mall is right near her office. So I took some pictures on the view. I love NYC!

Vacation

So the easiest way to do this is by state then by day...I flew into New Jersey on the red eye on Friday night/Sat morning then later that day my Aunt Diane and I drove to Allentown, PA to watch the drum corps show because my cousin Jalissa was performing. While it was great to see my cousin and all the other great corps Academy was there the day before and I did not get to see their finished show. We stayed the night in PA and headed back to Jersey the next morning while stopping for breakfast with my Aunts Cousins... (my second cousins?) Sue and Clint. It was great to see them since I'm pretty sure I was one the last time I did. Below are pictures from the Allentown show

This is the stadium...

here is my cousin doing nothing :)
Ahh, she's moving! GET IT JALISSA!
And she joined us in the stands :)

John Mayer ('s body is a wonderland)

I absolutely L-O-V-E John Mayer, while I do not love his body, I do love his lyrics and amazing music. For my birthday Breanna got me tickets to go see his amazingness and I love her for feeding my music passion. We arrived early to see Brett Dennon who was not all that enjoyable, Next was Colbie Caillet who we do love. We sat next to this incredibly cute couple from Ireland and we shared our Starbursts...

So excited to see John!

It's Hot in Arizona

John Mayer shaved his head...

I love Breanna and John Mayer, Thanks Breanna!

Founders Dinner

I am part of a group of fascinating women, we call ourselves the Founders. We founded the Academy Winter Guard which started it's performance season in 2004 in "A" class and this coming season are moving to "World" class. (http://www.arizonaacademy.org/) and (http://www.wgi.org/) The girls that were there from the beginning are Mattie (my BFF), Becky Richardson, Kerri Sydell and last but certainly not least Liza Noriega. These girls are huge part of my like and even though we have all moved on from the Academy we try and meet once a month to talk and remember, it usually last well over 4 hours. This month we were gonna meet for breakfast at "The Farm" but unfortunately "the Farm" is closed till September, so we went to Mimi's Cafe. Unfortunately Kerri was unable to join us, but she has a wonderful excuse, she is 8 months pregnant with our new little founder, Nora Elizabeth!! We cannot wait for her arrival and to read more about the Founders we have our own blog site, entitled "The Founders" and can be found in my favorite blogs list.

Kim and Ben's AGAIN!

OK so I have some catching up to do before I head off on vacation to Orlando/Allentown/Newark/Bayonne/Satellite Beach... Yeah I'll be home on the 9th :) Let's see, last Monday I believe I went over to Kim and Ben's AGAIN! I know they are probably getting sick of me but seriously I love them. After we had Chinese and talked about Tofu and Curry we played balloons with the kids and then after they went to bed we watched Monsters Inc, that's right after the KIDS went bed, the ADULTS watched Monsters Inc :) Here are a few pictures from our balloon time and Ethan riding the diaper train/car/boat!